BA - British Admiralty cruising BAF - Bunker Adjustment Factor BB - Below Bridge - Ballast Bonus - B

AA - Always Afloat AAAA - Always Afloat, Always Accessible cruising AAOSA - Always Afloat Or Safe Aground AAR - Against All Risks AARA - Always Accessible or Reachable on Arrival AB - Able Seaman ABS - American Bureau of Shipping AC - Alternating Current (electricity) ACV - Air Cushion Vehicle AD - Area Differential ADF - Automatic Direction Finder AF - Anti-Fouling AFFF - Aqueous Film Forming Foam AFRA - Average Freight Rate Assessment AG - Arabian Gulf AGW - Actual Gross Weight - All Going Well AHTS - Anchor Handling Tug and Supply Vessel AIS - Automatic Identification System ALERT - Automatic Life-saving Emergency Radio Transmitter ALRS - Admiralty List of Radio Signals AMSL - Above Mean Sea Level AMVER - Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System AMWELSH - Americanised Welsh Coal Charter party ANERA - Asia-North America Eastbound Rate Agreement ANOP - Articles Not Otherwise Provided for ANSI - American National Standard Institute AO - Awaiting Orders - And Other AOB - Any One Bottom AOH - After Office Hours AOLOC - Any One Location AOR - Atlantic Ocean Region AOS - Any One Steamer AOV - Any One Vessel AP - All Purposes - Additional Premium - Aft Perpendicular API - American Petroleum Institute APS - Arrival Pilot Station APT - Aft Peak Tank ARA - Antwerp – Rotterdam – Amsterdam ARPA - Automatic Radar Plotting Aid A/S - Alongside ASAP - As Soon As Possible ASBA - The Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (USA) Incorporated, New York ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASPW - Any Safe Port in the World ASTM - American Society of Testing & Materials ATA - Actual Time of Arrival ATD - Actual Time of Departure ATDN - Any Time Day & Night ATDNSHINC - Anytime Day/Night Sundays & Holidays cruising Included ATK - Aviation Turbine Kerosene ATS - All Time Saved ATSBE - All Time Saved Both Ends ATSDO - All Time Saved Discharging Only ATUTC - Actual Times Used To Count AUV - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AVGAS - Aviation Gasoline AVR - Automatic Voltage Regulator AVTAG - Aviation Turbine Gasoline AWIWL - Always Within Institute Warranty cruising Limits AWVNS - Always Within Vessel’s Natural Segregation AWRI - Additional War Risk Insurance
BA - British Admiralty cruising BAF - Bunker Adjustment Factor BB - Below Bridge - Ballast Bonus - Bare Boat - Break Bulk/ Breaking Bulk - Bulbous Bow BBB - Before Breaking Bulk BBC - Bare Boat Charter BC - Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes BCH - Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk BCM - Bow to Centre of Manifold BCO - Beneficial cruising Cargo Owner BD - Bar Draught BDC - Bottom cruising Dead Centre BDI - Both Dates Inclusive B/E - Break-Even BENDS - Both Ends BFI - Baltic cruising Freight Index BHP - Brake Horse Power BI - Both Inclusive BIC - Bureau cruising International des Containers (International Container Bureau) BIFFEX - Baltic International Freight Futures cruising Index BIMCO - The Baltic and International Maritime Council BKR - Bulgarski Koraben Registar (Bulgarian Register of Shipping) B/L - Bill of Lading BLU - Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers BN - Booking Note BOA - Berthing On Arrival BOB - Bunkers On Board - Balance On Board BOD - Bunkers cruising On Delivery BOFFERS - Best Offers BOL - Bill Of Lading BOP - Blow-out Preventer BOR - Bunkers On Redelivery B/P - Bills Payable B/R - Bills Receivable BROB - Bunkers Remaining On Board BS - Bunker Surcharge BSC - British Shippers’ Council BSI - British Standards Institution BST - British Standard Time - British Summer Time BT - Berth Terms BV - Bureau Veritas BW - Brackish Water - Ballast Water BWAD - Brackish Water Arrival Draught BWDD - Brackish Water Departure Draught BWT - Ballast Water Tank
CABAF cruising - Currency And Bunker Adjustment Factor CAF - Currency Adjustment Factor CBFT - Cubic Feet CBM - Cubic Metres - Conventional Buoy Mooring CBR - Commodity Box Rate CBS - Cyprus Bureau of Shipping CBT - Clean Ballast Tank CC - Cubic Capacity - Cubic Centimetres cruising - Continuation Clause cruising CCG - Canadian Coast Guard CCS - China Classification Society CD - Customary Despatch C/E - Chief Engineer CENSA - Council of European and Japanese National cruising Shipowners Association CES - Coast Earth Station CFM - Container Flow Management CFR - Cost and Freight CFS - Container Freight Station CFT - Cubic Feet CG - Centre cruising of Gravity CGA - Cargo’s proportion of General Average CHABE - Charterer’s Agents Both Ends CHOPT - Charterer’s cruising Option CIF - Cost, Insurance & Freight CIF&E - Cost, Insurance, Freight & Exchange CIF&I - Cost, Insurance, Freight & Interest CIFC - Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission CIFC&I - Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission & Interest CIM - Convention Internationale Concernant le Transport des Marchandises par Chemin de Fer CIP - Carriage and Insurance Paid to - Calling In Port CIQ - Customs Immigration Quarantine CIT - Chartered Institute of Transport CLP - Container Load Plan CMI - Comité Mar